A New Way to Diffuse NIMBYism? Can affordable housing developers shift the NIMBY discourse by joining forces with market-rate developers of adjacent properties? The NE Seattle Tool Library provides free, community access to a wide variety of tools, training, and sustainable resources.

Neighborhood Units Matter A Neighborhood Unit is the physical place those many different social communities inhabit and the key element to placemaking. Neighborhoods are defined by a discernible mixed-use center, well-defined edges and usually with blocks of general housing in-between.